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Phishing Statistics 2026: Verified Benchmarks, Trends & Costs

Verified 2026 phishing statistics: 62% human element (DBIR), ~3.8M APWG attacks (latest APWG full-year), multi-channel reference data, US/UK losses, and what security leaders should measure beyond training completion.

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Phishing Statistics 2026: Verified Benchmarks, Trends and Costs
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Executive summary: phishing statistics 2026

Phishing statistics in 2026: the human element remains central, attack volume stays high, and channels beyond email are where many programs still under-measure risk.

  • 62% of breaches involve the human element (Verizon DBIR 2026, p. 12).
  • ~3.8 million phishing attacks observed globally in calendar 2025 (APWG Q4 2025, p. 3–4).
  • Email sim median click ~1.4% vs phone-centric ~2% (~40% gap, DBIR 2026, p. 50), from Keepnet-contributed voice/SMS simulation data.
  • FBI IC3: $3.05 billion BEC losses in 2025 (FBI IC3 2025).
  • 35% of organizations affected by deepfake incidents (Gartner 2025, n=302).

Keepnet contributed anonymized voice and SMS phishing simulation data to the 2026 Verizon DBIR. When we contributed voice and SMS simulation data to this year's DBIR, the pattern that stood out was simple: phone-centric scenarios failed about 40% more often than email in median click rates.

Keepnet's platform for human risk management and secure behaviour management is built around that multi-channel gap. Gartner's March 2026 market label is Secure Behavior Management (SBM) (G00853891). Keepnet focuses on SBM outcomes: simulations and reporting across email, SMS, voice, and QR, not completion exports alone.[16]

Phishing emails remain a major initial-access path, but 2026 reference data show the story is broader than inbox volume.

This guide curates verified phishing statistics from DBIR 2026, APWG 2025, FBI IC3 2025, UK DCBS 2025/26, and labeled Microsoft telemetry, plus Keepnet simulation research where labeled. Each section pairs stats with operator implications, not copy-paste vendor tables.

Table 1.Phishing reference stats by source year
Metric2026 DBIR / APWGGartner 2025
Human element in breaches62%n/a
Phishing attacks observed (latest APWG full-year)~3.8Mn/a
Phishing as initial access16%n/a
Leaders prioritize phishing reportingn/a73% (n=65)
Training completion as top metricn/a84% (n=65)
Email vs phone sim median click~1.4% / ~2%n/a

What this means for security leaders

For board decks, lead with the DBIR 2026 and APWG 2025 rows and use FBI IC3 2025 for US loss and complaint baselines. Pair volume statistics with reporting rate and time-to-report from your own simulations.

Phishing statistics at a glance (2026)

Each row maps to a primary source in the Sources section at the end of this page.

Table 2.Phishing statistics at a glance (2026)
MetricValuePrimary source
Human element in breaches62%Verizon DBIR 2026
Phishing as initial access16%Verizon DBIR 2026
Pretexting as initial access6%Verizon DBIR 2026
Phishing attacks observed (latest APWG full-year)~3.8 millionAPWG Q4 2025
Email sim median click rate~1.4%Verizon DBIR 2026
Phone sim median click rate~2%Verizon DBIR 2026
US cybercrime losses (latest IC3 annual)$20.9 billionFBI IC3 2025
BEC reported losses (latest IC3 annual)$3.05 billionFBI IC3 2025
UK businesses hit by phishing (12 mo)38%UK DCBS 2025/26

The honest read

Most SERP pages list percentages without saying which year or dataset they come from. Security leaders lose credibility when 2024 vendor stats sit beside 2026 DBIR figures without labels.

What I'd do this quarter

DBIR 2026 and APWG 2025 full-year volume are the most current headline benchmarks; FBI IC3 2025 and UK DCBS 2025/26 are the latest published annual surveys. See our 2026 Verizon DBIR summary for breach-pattern context.

Phishing breach statistics

The Verizon 2026 DBIR attributes 62% of breaches to the human element, up from 60% in the 2025 edition. Phishing accounts for 16% of initial access in the breach sample; pretexting (voice, chat, callback) adds another 6%. Social engineering as a breach pattern appears in 16% of cases. Ransomware appears somewhere in 48% of breach chains (DBIR 2026).

Read identity-related initial access as a family: phishing (16%) + stolen credentials (13%) + pretexting (6%) totals 35%, comparable to vulnerability exploitation at 31%. Read on its own, phishing is not the top vector: exploited vulnerabilities lead initial access in the same dataset.

What this means for security leaders

Boards still ask whether phishing is the number-one entry point. The honest answer from DBIR 2026 is that exploitation and identity attacks both matter; programs that fund only email gateways miss pretexting and credential abuse.

Where teams get this wrong

Report breach statistics by initial-access type, not a single phishing percentage. Pair DBIR figures with your own simulation medians and incident tickets tagged by vector.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group recorded approximately 3.8 million phishing attacks in APWG's latest full-year dataset, up about 1% from 3.76 million in 2024 (APWG Q4 2025, p. 3–4). Quarterly counts were: Q1 1,003,924; Q2 1,130,393 (+13% vs Q1); Q3 892,494; Q4 853,244. Q2 2025 was the largest quarter since Q2 2023.

APWG counts unique phishing sites, while vendor figures count blocked emails. Microsoft Defender detected roughly 8.3 billion email phishing threats in Q1 2026 alone. That is blocked email volume, not comparable to APWG's ~3.8 million unique phishing sites in the latest full-year count.

Microsoft also reported QR-code phishing detections rising from 7.6 million in January 2026 to 18.7 million in March 2026 (+146%), and roughly 10.7 million BEC attacks in Q1 2026 (Microsoft Email Threat Landscape Q1 2026).

Why programs stall

Volume headlines create panic; trend lines create budget. A flat +1% APWG year alongside rising QR and smishing signals means channel mix shifted, not that email disappeared.

What to fix this quarter

Track volume by channel in your own telemetry. APWG tracks global phishing sites; Microsoft figures reflect Defender telemetry only. Review quarterly APWG releases at apwg.org/trendreports.

2026 threat operations (CrowdStrike Global Threat Report)

The Verizon DBIR measures breach patterns; CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations telemetry measures how fast interactive and AI-assisted intrusions in the 2026 GTR reporting period. Use both: DBIR for board breach mix, CrowdStrike for response-window and lure-trend context.

Table 3.CrowdStrike 2026 GTR: operations stats for program owners
MetricValueContextGTR page
Average eCrime breakout time29 minutes2025p. 11
Detections malware-free82%Up from 51% in 2020p. 11
Fake CAPTCHA lure incidents (YoY)563% increasevs 2024p. 12
Attacks by AI-enabled adversaries (YoY)89% increase2025p. 15
Valid account abuse (cloud incidents)35%2025p. 3
Technology sector share of interactive intrusions23%Jan–Dec 2025p. 10

The honest read

Credential abuse and living-off-the-land activity do not always show up as a phishing click. When 82% of detections are malware-free, report-rate and identity anomalies matter as much as simulated link clicks.

Phishing is no longer just email

Email remains the default training image, but DBIR 2026 simulation medians show phone-centric scenarios fail more often: ~2% median click on phone vectors versus ~1.4% on email, about 40% higher. Pretexting accounts for 6% of initial access. Smishing volumes grew an estimated 30–40% quarter-over-quarter (APWG Q4 2025, Crane Authentication contributor).

Keepnet simulation evidence in the 2026 DBIR

Keepnet contributed anonymized voice and SMS phishing simulation campaign data to the 2026 Verizon DBIR (October 2024–October 2025 sample; contributors list, p. 118). The published medians (email ~1.4% vs phone-centric ~2%) are independent Tier A reference numbers any program can cite. Read the full breakdown on our 2026 Verizon DBIR summary (written by Ozan Ucar, Founder and CEO of Keepnet).

If you only simulate email, you grade the easier test. Completion rate is a comforting metric; it is not a security outcome.

Table 4.Phishing statistics by attack type (evidence summary)
TypeVolume / growth signalSim or success signalBusiness impact signal
EmailAPWG ~3.8M sites (+1% YoY, latest full-year)DBIR email sim ~1.4% median clickDBIR phishing 16% initial access
Vishing / callbackDBIR pretexting 6% initial accessDBIR phone sim ~2% median clickHelp-desk and MFA-reset incidents (e.g., MGM class)
SmishingAPWG smishing +30–40% QoQ (latest APWG data)DBIR phone channel sim dataGap when SAT is email-only
QR / quishingMSFT Q1 2026 +146% QR detectionsScanner bypass in mobile workflowsAPWG QR brand targeting (e.g., Walmart 61% Q4 2025)
Deepfake41% audio / 35% video deepfake+SE (G00847786, CISO n=297); 62% any incident (Gartner AI Risk n=302)Arup ~$25.6M loss (HK Police briefing, Jan 2024)Only 10% leaders prioritize deepfake training (Gartner 2025 Secure Behavior Strategies Survey, G00840741, n=65)
BECAPWG wire BEC attacks +136% QoQ (Q4 2025)Gift card 59% of BEC cash-out mixIC3 $3.05B BEC losses (latest IC3 annual)

Email phishing statistics

Phishing as asynchronous messaging accounts for 16% of initial access (DBIR 2026). Median successful click in email simulations: ~1.4%. For pattern examples, see common phishing email examples.

Vishing statistics

Pretexting (synchronous voice, chat, or callback) is 6% of initial access in DBIR 2026. Phone-centric simulation medians near ~2% click. Learn attack mechanics in what is vishing and run vishing simulations alongside email.

Keepnet proprietary context (label: 2024 report): the 2024 Voice Phishing Response Report found 70% of organizations exposed to simulated vishing and 6.5% of employees disclosed sensitive information in voice simulations. Use alongside DBIR medians, not as a substitute for breach-rate statistics. Deeper voice statistics: vishing statistics 2026.

Smishing statistics

APWG Q4 2025 cites smishing volume growth of 30–40% quarter-over-quarter (Matthew Harris, Crane Authentication). DBIR 2026 phone-centric simulation medians (~2% vs ~1.4% for email) point the same way. Run a smishing simulation if your program still tests email only.

See also smishing statistics 2026.

QR code phishing (quishing) statistics

Microsoft Defender QR detections rose 146% from January to March 2026 (7.6M → 18.7M). APWG Q4 2025 noted QR phishing volume −9% QoQ but Walmart represented 61% of targeted QR brands in that quarter.

Full QR data: QR code phishing statistics.

Business Email Compromise (BEC) statistics

FBI IC3 reported $3.05 billion in BEC losses from 24,768 complaints (FBI IC3 2025). APWG Q4 2025 observed wire-transfer BEC attacks up 136% quarter-over-quarter; gift cards represented 59% of BEC cash-out methods in that quarter.

BEC guide: what business email compromise is and how to prevent it.

Deepfake phishing statistics

Gartner's 2025 AI Risk Management Survey (n=302) found 35% of organizations experienced a deepfake incident, while only 10% of security leaders prioritize deepfake recognition training (G00840741, n=65). See deepfake statistics and trends for a dedicated stat pack.

The uncomfortable truth

Gartner reports 73% of security leaders prioritize phishing reporting metrics (n=65), yet phone and deepfake channels outperform email in both DBIR sim medians and incident narratives. Email-only programs optimize the wrong channel.

Practical next step

Expand simulations to vishing, smishing, QR, and executive verification workflows. Align metrics to the channel mix APWG and Microsoft telemetry show rising, not only inbox click rate.

Keepnet platform

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Training, multi-channel phishing simulations and reporting in one platform, measured by behaviour.

AI and deepfake phishing statistics

Microsoft's Digital Defense Report 2025 (Incident Response / Defender Experts dataset) found AI-automated phishing attempts achieved a 54% click-through rate versus 12% for standard attempts, a 4.5× multiplier. This is a Microsoft Incident Response / Defender dataset, not a global breach census.

Gartner's 2025 survey (n=302) reports 84% of security leaders observe more advanced phishing attacks, and 35% of organizations were affected by deepfake incidents. DBIR 2026 also notes 67% of organizations had non-corporate GenAI tools on corporate devices (shadow AI signal).

ENISA Threat Landscape 2025 (EU, Jul 2024–Jun 2025) attributes roughly 60% of initial access to phishing including vishing and malspam, and states AI-supported phishing accounted for more than 80% of social-engineering activity in the ENISA reporting window (report narrative).

The deepfake figures below come from two different Gartner surveys and are shown separately. G00847786 (2026 CISO role-based survey, n=297) reports 41% audio-call and 35% video-call deepfake plus social-engineering incidents. Gartner's public 2025 AI Risk survey (n=302) reported 62% of organizations with any deepfake incident in 12 months.

Table 5.Deepfake stats by Gartner survey
MetricValueSurvey
Audio call deepfake + social engineering41%G00847786 / CISO survey n=297
Video call deepfake + social engineering35%G00847786 / CISO survey n=297
Any deepfake incident62%2025 AI Risk Management Survey n=302
Leaders prioritize deepfake recognition10%G00840741 n=65 (program gap)

Deepfake hub: deepfake statistics and trends.

The honest read

GenAI lowered the cost of credible lures. Programs still scoring spelling errors miss AI-drafted executive urgency and synthetic voice on callback flows.

What I'd do this quarter

Add GenAI-aware templates to phishing simulations. Require out-of-band verification for any payment or credential change triggered by voice or video, especially after deepfake cases like Arup (~$25.6M, HK Police briefing 2024).

Phishing statistics in the United States

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2025 annual report recorded $20.9 billion in total reported losses, 1,008,597 complaints, and an average loss of $20,699 per complaint (26% higher losses than 2024). Phishing and spoofing was the most reported crime type with 191,561 complaints and $215.8 million in reported losses (IC3 2025).

Business Email Compromise losses reached $3.05 billion (24,768 complaints). Cyber-enabled fraud accounted for roughly 85% of total losses. IC3's Recovery Asset Team froze $955,060 in one 2024 real-estate BEC case when reporting was fast enough.

What this means for security leaders

IC3 figures are US complaints (FBI IC3 2025) and are not comparable with APWG global site volume.

Where teams get this wrong

Use IC3 for US loss and complaint baselines; use APWG for global attack-site volume. Train finance and AP teams on wire-fraud playbooks; cite IC3 recovery cases to justify reporting-speed KPIs.

Phishing statistics in the United Kingdom

UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025/26 found 43% of businesses experienced a breach or attack in the last 12 months. Phishing was the attack type for 38% of businesses; among those affected, 69% said phishing was their most disruptive attack. Phishing-only attacks (no other type) hit 51% of affected businesses, up from 45% in the prior wave.

NCSC Annual Review 2025 reports the takedown service removed 1.2 million+ phishing campaigns, disrupted 26,000+ HMG-targeted campaigns, and resolved 79% of HMG phishing within 24 hours.

Why programs stall

UK boards respond to DCBS and NCSC, not FBI IC3. Mixing US complaint counts into a UK section erodes trust with EU buyers.

What to fix this quarter

Lead UK executive summaries with DCBS 38% phishing prevalence and 69% disruption stat. Reference NCSC takedown scale for national context; pair with ICO misdirected-email incident trends for human-error programs.

Phishing statistics by industry

APWG sector shares shift by quarter. Always cite the quarter. Q2 2025 (OpSec/Crane): financial institutions 18.3%, SaaS/webmail 18.2%, eCommerce/retail 14.8%, payment 12.1%, social media 11.3%.

Q4 2025 (Crane Authentication): social media 20.3%, SaaS/webmail 20.3%, telecom 18.7%, financial institutions 9.3%, eCommerce/retail 8.7%. Do not invent banking- or healthcare-specific percentages without a primary sector table.

The uncomfortable truth

Industry sections in competitor pages often paste stale 2023 APWG shares. Sector rotation between Q2 and Q4 APWG 2025 quarters shows social and telecom spikes that finance-only playbooks miss.

Practical next step

Role-based simulations for finance/AP (BEC), SaaS admins (credential harvest), and telecom help desks (callback). Refresh sector tables each APWG quarter.

Real-world phishing cases (2024–2026)

Arup deepfake CFO (Hong Kong, January 2024): HK$200M (~$25.6M USD) lost via multi-person video conference with AI deepfake executives after a spear-phishing email. HK Police briefing (Feb 2024); Financial Times identified the firm May 2024. Lesson: executive verification and second-channel approval before wires.

MGM Resorts help-desk social engineering (September 2023): ~$100M impact estimate per SEC Form 8-K; industry reporting describes vishing to IT help desk for MFA reset. Lesson: help-desk callback policy and vishing simulations for privileged roles.

IC3 real-estate BEC recovery (2024): $956,342 wire attempted; FBI Recovery Asset Team froze $955,060. Lesson: reporting speed and out-of-band verification on property transactions.

APWG Scripted Sparrow BEC wave (2024–2025): Up to 6 million targeted emails per month; Q4 2025 wire BEC attacks +136% QoQ (APWG Q4 2025, Fortra contributor). Lesson: AP and finance role-based invoice-fraud templates.

The honest read

Case studies without program lessons become clickbait. Each incident above maps to a control gap DBIR and APWG statistics already quantify.

What I'd do this quarter

After board reviews, assign one case per quarter to a simulation theme (deepfake exec, help-desk vishing, BEC wire). Link outcomes to reporting rate, not completion percentage.

What security leaders should measure instead of training completion

Gartner's 2025 Secure Behavior Strategies Survey (n=65) found 84% of organizations use training completion as a top metric, while 73% prioritize phishing reporting, yet Gartner MSE outcomes show phishing in fewer than 10% of measured breaches. Completion is easy to export; it does not prove breach reduction.

Cohort segmentation matters. Keepnet's New Hires Phishing Susceptibility Report (2026) (proprietary, 2026) found new hires 44% more likely to fall for phishing in their first 90 days, with 71% at risk in that onboarding window. Track new-hire cohorts separately from company-wide DBIR medians.

Table 6.Weak metrics vs better metrics for phishing programs
Weak metric (common)Better metric (evidence-aligned)Why
Training completion ratePhishing reporting rate84% track completion vs 73% prioritize reporting (Gartner G00840741, n=65)
Courses assignedRepeat offender rate / cohort trendDBIR sim medians show channel-specific failure
Awareness quiz scoreTime-to-reportDBIR reporting baselines; IC3 recovery cases reward speed
Click rate onlyBehavior change by channelDBIR ~1.4% email vs ~2% phone. Measure both
Generic awareness scoreHuman risk score by roleGartner MSE outcomes (G00811878); role-based BEC and help-desk risk

Build these metrics inside a Security Behavior and Culture Program (SBCP). See cybersecurity awareness training for employees for program design basics.

What this means for security leaders

This is the SERP gap competitors rarely close in table form: they list stats, not decision metrics. Keepnet buyers need reporting rate and repeat-failure cohorts to justify budget.

Where teams get this wrong

Deprioritize completion-only dashboards in QBRs. Add phone and smishing sim baselines alongside email; track policy exception volume (only 6% of orgs do per Gartner G00840741, n=65).

DBIR 2026: vulnerability exploitation leads initial access at 31%; combined phishing + pretexting initial access is 22%. Patch and people programs both need funding.

Microsoft MDDR 2025: ClickFix appeared in 47% of Defender Experts initial-access notifications. QR and smishing growth continues per APWG and Microsoft Q1 2026 telemetry.

Gartner strategic planning assumptions (forecasts): ≥50% of large enterprises will include cyber KPIs in senior employment contracts by 2026 (G00811878); 70% of enterprise meeting platforms will include deepfake detection by 2028 (G00846628).

For awareness-program direction, see top trends in cybersecurity awareness training.

Statistics show where attacks move; your platform must measure the same channels. Tiered legacy SAT contracts often gate non-email sims behind higher tiers. See KnowBe4 alternatives (2026) for modular packages, voice/SMS metrics, and pilot questions.

What this means for security leaders

Three decisions close the gap between phishing statistics and program outcomes:

  • 1. Measure by channel. Email sim medians (~1.4%) understate phone risk (~2%). If your SAT stack is inbox-only, your metrics lie quietly.
  • 2. Report rate over completion. 84% of orgs celebrate LMS exports; 62% of breaches still involve people. Measure reporting and repeat failures.
  • 3. Executive verification before money moves. Deepfake and BEC losses (IC3 $3.05B; Arup ~$25.6M) outpace generic awareness modules.

Run multi-channel simulations with Keepnet Phishing Simulator, vishing, and smishing modules. When you use these numbers in executive readouts, keep the source year next to each one.

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Sources

  1. Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (Keepnet summary)
  2. APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report Q4 2025 (PDF) (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  3. APWG Phishing Activity Trends Reports (index)
  4. FBI IC3 Internet Crime Report 2025 (PDF) (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  5. UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025/26
  6. NCSC Annual Review 2025 (PDF) (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  7. Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 (PDF) (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  8. Microsoft Email Threat Landscape Q1 2026
  9. ENISA Threat Landscape 2025
  10. CISA Phishing Guidance (Oct 2023)
  11. Keepnet 2024 Voice Phishing Response Report
  12. Keepnet New Hires Phishing Susceptibility Report (2026)
  13. Gartner G00840741, G00840742, G00840678, G00811878 (2025–2026 publications; n labeled in body).
  14. CrowdStrike, 2026 Global Threat Report (Year of the Evasive Adversary), p. cited in body.
  15. Gartner G00847786: Cybersecurity Threat: Deepfake Identity Impersonation (Akif Khan, 28 May 2026).
  16. Gartner, "6 Ways to Transform Your Cybersecurity Awareness Program" (G00840741, March 2026), based on the 2025 Secure Behavior Strategies Survey (n=65). ↩
Questions

Frequently asked questions

CrowdStrike reports 82% of detections in 2025 were malware-free, up from 51% in 2020 (CrowdStrike 2026 Global Threat Report, p. 11).

The Anti-Phishing Working Group recorded approximately 3.8 million phishing attacks in its latest full-year review, up about 1% from 3.76 million in 2024 (APWG Q4 2025 annual review). That averages roughly 10,400 observed attacks per day across the APWG dataset: unique phishing sites, not email messages blocked by a single vendor.

Verizon DBIR 2026 attributes 62% of breaches to the human element. Phishing accounts for 16% of initial access in the breach sample; pretexting adds another 6%. Social engineering as a breach pattern appears in 16% of cases.

Global APWG-observed phishing volume rose about 1% year-over-year in the latest full-year dataset (~3.76M to ~3.8M). Channel mix is shifting faster than headline volume: Microsoft reported QR phishing detections up 146% from January to March 2026, and APWG cites smishing growth of 30–40% quarter-over-quarter per APWG Q4 2025.

APWG sector shares vary by quarter. Q4 2025 top targets: social media 20.3%, SaaS/webmail 20.3%, telecom 18.7%, financial institutions 9.3%, eCommerce/retail 8.7%. Q2 2025 led with financial institutions at 18.3% and SaaS/webmail at 18.2%.

FBI IC3 2025 reported $20.9 billion in total US cybercrime losses and $3.05 billion in Business Email Compromise losses (24,768 complaints). Phishing/spoofing complaints totaled $215.8 million in reported losses across 191,561 complaints.

DBIR 2026 reports median click rates in phishing simulations of ~1.4% for email and ~2% for phone-centric scenarios (~40% higher on phone). These are simulation medians, not live attack success rates. Use them as a baseline for your program, not as breach probability.

Microsoft's Digital Defense Report 2025 (IR/Defender dataset) found AI-automated phishing attempts achieved 54% click-through versus 12% for standard attempts (4.5×). Gartner 2025 (n=302) reports 84% of leaders see more advanced phishing. Label vendor telemetry separately from DBIR breach statistics.

Phishing typically uses asynchronous messaging (email, SMS links). Smishing is phishing via SMS/text. Vishing is voice phishing: live calls or callbacks. DBIR 2026 splits asynchronous phishing (16% initial access) from pretexting/voice (6%). Phone-centric simulations median ~2% click versus ~1.4% for email.

UK DCBS 2025/26 found 38% of businesses experienced phishing as a breach type in the last 12 months. Among businesses affected by any breach, 69% said phishing was their most disruptive attack.

Not by completion rate alone. Gartner 2025 (n=65) found 84% of organizations track training completion while phishing appears in fewer than 10% of Gartner MSE measured breaches. Pair awareness training with reporting rate, repeat-failure tracking, and multi-channel simulations to connect stats to outcomes.

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